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Horse profile

Joking Aside (IRE)

8yo mare (at last run, Aug 2012) · Last trainer Matt Sheppard · Last owner D F Smith
by Winged Love (IRE) out of Listen Up (GB) (Good Thyne)
12 runs · 9 courses · from Jan 2009
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Aug 2012 — 5,179 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2012 · 6th of 13 Last raced off OR 68
KTB Profile

Joking Aside (IRE) is yet to win from 12 starts. Best effort: 4th of 9 at Worcester (Jul 2012). Last raced off 68, 20lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 20lb off peak
Official rating68↓ 20lb off peak
68 65–88

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 92A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 4 Jul 2012 Official rating 68 at the last run, 16 Aug 2012

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 11 figures · best 94C · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good594C77—
Soft492A85—
Good to Firm1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m592A74—
2m1f – 2m4f494C85—
2m5f – 3m277C74.5—

Of 12 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 12 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Winged Love (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 3,965 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−10.9—
Good to Firm1752112%+1.10 from 1
Good1,03311210.8%−0.10 from 5
Good to Soft7077811%+0.10 from 1
Soft1,2071199.9%−10 from 5
Heavy80810212.6%+1.7—
Standard (AW)3126.5%−4.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−10.9—
1m – 1m1f900%−10.9—
1m2f – 1m4f44511.4%+0.5—
1m5f – 2m826769.2%−1.70 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f1,29714611.3%+0.40 from 5
2m5f – 3m1,36315411.3%+0.40 from 2
Over 3m4245312.5%+1.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Listen Up (GB) (Good Thyne)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Laganbank (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Yur Next (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Laganbank (IRE)2762m–2m5f—
Yur Next (IRE)1423mClass 5
Jillythejet (IRE)20——
Come Up Trumps (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Charlie Poste 4 0 0% −4.00
Warren Marston 4 0 0% −4.00
Sean Quinlan 2 0 0% −2.00
Richie McLernon 1 0 0% −1.00
Wayne Hutchinson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 8 0 0% −8.00
Tongue tie 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 4 0 0% −4.00
2010 3 0 0% −3.00
2009 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 6 0 0% −6.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
16 Aug 12+16d Stratford Jon Pinfold Industrial Cleaners Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 21f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 1¾ 10-0 6872C Charlie Poste 18/1
31 Jul 12+27d Worcester Bathroom Studio & Ideal Construction Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 7/14 18 10-0 6863C Charlie Poste 12/1
04 Jul 12+20d Worcester Leukaemia Care Supporting Blood & Lymphatic Cancer Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Soft · 9 ran 4/9 1¾ 10-0 6592A Charlie Poste 22/1
14 Jun 12+817d Hereford Cadantis Associates Ltd Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9/12 9 10-0 6557C Charlie Poste 12/1
20 Mar 10+12d Uttoxeter Toteexacta Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-12 80— Warren Marston 20/1
08 Mar 10+22d Stratford Tiddington Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 22f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 11 11-8 8677C Richie McLernon 25/1
14 Feb 10+46d Hereford Fenn Electrical Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 12/13 14 11-5 8874C Warren Marston 16/1
30 Dec 09+13d Taunton Toteplacepot Mares' Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Soft · 14 ran 9/14 2¼ 10-10 8884C Warren Marston 250/1
17 Dec 09+26d Exeter Exeter-racecourse.co.uk Mares' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Soft · 17 ran 9/17 1½ 10-7 —86C Sean Quinlan 200/1
21 Nov 09+222d Huntingdon Toteplacepot E.b.f. Mares' 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (qualifier) Class 3 · 19.5f · Good · 10 ran 10/10 shd 10-10 —94C Warren Marston 100/1
13 Apr 09+90d Chepstow Freebets.co.uk Free Bets Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 1) Class 6 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 11 10-9 —91C Wayne Hutchinson 33/1
13 Jan 09 Folkestone Romney Marsh Mares' Maiden Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 17.5f · Soft · 14 ran 14/14 2¾ 10-13 —84C Sean Quinlan 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Joking Aside (IRE) won?
Joking Aside (IRE) has yet to win, from 12 archived starts between 2009 and 2012.
Who trained Joking Aside (IRE)?
Joking Aside (IRE) was trained by Matt Sheppard on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 16 August 2012.
Who is Joking Aside (IRE)'s sire?
Joking Aside (IRE) is by Winged Love (IRE) out of Listen Up (GB), whose sire is Good Thyne.
What is Joking Aside (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 16 August 2012. The highest on record is 88.
What is Joking Aside (IRE)'s sire's record?
Winged Love (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 3,965 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Joking Aside (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Listen Up (GB), Joking Aside (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Laganbank (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Yur Next (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from January 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.